Viral Videos of the Week Ending November 5

Here are the videos spoken about on the Pete Ross M-Town Show this evening on GFN:

Chaplin's Time Traveler

Fainting Goat Kittens

People are Awesome

NSFW A Hunter Shoots A Bear

Viral Videos of the Week - Week Ending October 29

As discussed with Pete Ross on today's radio show, here are the viral videos of the week.

The Rent Is Too Damn High Party's Jimmy McMillan at the NY Governor Debate

HRP-4C Dance 1/2

It Gets Better, Google Employees

Wash Your Balls

Dance Move Fail

Viral Videos of the Week - Week Ending October 22

Here are the viral videos I talked about on today's Pete Ross show. Enjoy!

Dot. The World's Smallest Stop-Motion Animation Character

OK GO: White Knuckles

BP Spills Coffee

Bull Attacks Drunk Who Strolls Drunk Into Rodeo

Cecilia Cassini: The World's Most Precocious Kid

Viral Videos of the Week - Week Ending October 15th

As mentioned on the Pete Ross M-Town Show on www.gfn.or.kr/index.jsp, here are the viral videos of the week!

The Simpsons Banksy Intro

John Lennon Google Doodle

Cebu Pacific Flight Attendants Dancing

The English Language in 24 Accents

Sesame Street Old Spice Parody

Viral Videos of the Week: Oct 1 - Oct 7

As mentioned on the Pete Ross M-Town show, here are my Top 5 Viral Videos of the week.

1. Stairway to Heaven - Climbing Towers

2. Never Say No To Panda

3. Australia's Next Top Model Announce The Wrong Winner

4. A History of Rap (with Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots)

5. Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean's Blue Hole

Foals - Spanish Sahara

The sycophantic, hyperbolic ways of the NME have had a lasting and partially negative effect on my listening habits. Their bandwagonesque backing of Silent Alarm in 2005 put me off Bloc Party. I didn't even give them a chance until the hype had died down. Subsequently, I fell in love with the album. I'm sure there are more good bands the slimy touch of the NME have tarnished for me forever. I may never know.

Fortunately, I bit the bullet with Foals. As with Silent Alarm, it took me a while for me to get around to Antidotes, but upon arriving, I was rewarded with an excellent album (although not quite as good as Bloc Party's debut). So, even the NME's championing of the video for their comeback single Spanish Sahara wasn't enough to deter me.

It's a slower burner than much of Antidotes... reflective, pensive, patient. Not words at all associated with Foals previously. But it's rich in texture, exquisitely constructed and an absolute grower. Eventually it works up a head of steam, culminating in a triumphant crescendo. Again, using Bloc Party as a reference point, it reminds me of the change they underwent on A Weekend In The City, which also turned out to be a grower.

The video is beautifully shot too. I don't remember Yannis Phillipakkis' beard looking so full... perhaps representative of a new, more mature sound? Probably not... but enjoy this video.

Meursault vs Frightened Rabbit

Two of my favourite Scottish bands at the moment recently played a gig at an Oxfam store in Edinburgh. Scott from Frightened Rabbit, who will be releasing their third album next month (my thoughts on that will follow) and Neil Meursault, who I think have a second album due soon, played seven tracks. You can view three of them at the excellent Off The Beaten Tracks. I've chosen my favourite, which is an untitled Meursault song, written shortly before the gig took place.

Episode #17.2: Frightened Rabbit vs Meursault - Untitled from Off The Beaten Tracks on Vimeo.

Yip Yip Aliens Discover Techno

This is a scene that repeats itself up and down the country every week. Can we begin to class Jim Henson alongside Orwell as the true Nostradamus' of our time? Seems to be the case, ay...